Matthew 2:16 is very similar to Josephus, Antiquities (17.7.5 173-174) concerning Herod's behavior shortly before he died [comparison based on the cross reference notes in the Comprehensive New Testament]
Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was in a furious rage. And he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all its region who were two years old or under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men. [The Comprehensive New Testament - Matthew 2:16]
…He [Herod] grew so choleric, that it brought him to do all things like a madman; and though her were near his death, he contrived the following wicked designs. He commanded that all the principal men of the entire Jewish nation wherever they lived, should be called to him…And now the king was in a wild rage against them all, the innocent as well as those that had afforded him ground for accusations. [Josephus, Antiquities (17.7.5 173-174)]
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